Girdle



ul 19, 1949. B. COHEN 2,476,585

GIRDLE Filed Oct. 17, 1947 INVENTOR.

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In the accompanying drawingsforming part'ot Patented July 19, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT "{OFFICE 2,416,585 V j I I H ,GmnLE' iBernard Cohen; Brooklyn, N. Y. 7 I 4 Application October 17, 19 4-1, seri l No. 780,394

4 f3 Claims. (01. 2-43) The present invention relates to women's gar:-

ments and more particularly togirdleshaving a crotch. Thesegarments are of the type commonly known as pantie girdles, and may be provided with what might be termed'a sanitary hood, as a lining for thecrotch. Preferably, such hood ,is detachable.

Though the pantie girdle is eflicient in lending beautiful contour, itnevertheless causes the wearer much discomfort, inconvenience and bother, in that the'garment must be taken off each time personal needs need'be attended to,'or

in order to change the crotch lining if one is included and it become accidently stained, or to re- Secure said lining if it become accidently detached even in part. Then again, should the crotch lining wrinkle up; it will cause chafing and irritation to which ordinary body movements will lend "a share.

It is therefore an object of this invention to a novel andimproved pantiegirdlewhich provide v I obviates all of the objectionable incidents mentioned, by having an opening in the crotch which automatically closes when the. wearer rises to. standing position or is walking, andwhich automatically assumes open condition when the wearer sits down.

Another object of thepresent inventionis to provide a garment of the character mentionedbf novel and improved construction, whichneed-n'ot be taken off to attend to personal needs, and which permits easy removal and replacement of. the crotch lining or hood member, while the garment is worn. 9

A further object hereof is to provide a garment of the type described; with a crotch lining or hood member of novel and improved construction, which automatically maintains or restores itself to unwrinkled condition and proper position against the body of the wearer,-- regardless of its distortion due to ordinary body movements or any swinging or swaying motions the body need assume while walking, running, jumping, skipping, dancing, kneeling, knee-bending, waist-bending or the like. Y

vide a pantie girdle and sanitary removable crotch hood therefor of the nature set forth, of novel and improved construction, which is reasonably cheap to manufacture, easy and conven- @ient to use, comfortable to wear and eflicientin carrying out the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages will be'com a j'crotc'h opening in open condition; which is auto- "matically accomplished prised of the members this specification, similar characters of reference :indicate corresponding parts'in all the views.

attain clarity of illustration, lace edgings, trimmings and otherfrills usually incident in this type of garment, are purposely omitted. It is to be noted that the crotch opening is here shown in closed condition. f

Fig. 2 is a back view of said girdle, showing the when the wearer is seated.

Fig. 3. shows the exterior surface of the crotch structure, when spread out flat.

v Figs. 4 and 5 show the two identical members; which comprisethe crotch in the embodiment illustrated;

; Fig. 6 showsan embodiment of the hood or 20 crotch lining memberconstructed in accordance with this invention, as viewed from its undersur- "face, This surface is in part visible in Fig. 2.

Inthe drawings, the numeral 20 indicates generally, apantie girdle whose crotch, designated generally by'the-nume'ral 2|, is essentially com- 22' and 22', joined to any, desired girdle construction, which is here show to be made up of front members 23 and 23',1sidc members 24 and '24" and the seat members 25 and 25'. It is preferable that the side and front mem-. bers beof elastic fabric material stretchable horizontally; that the seat members be stretchable vertically and that the crotch components be stretchable verticallyin their position shown in Fig. 3.-'

' Each of the crotch members 22 and 22 pre- "sents an edge longitudinally thereof, whose end components diverge fromthe mid region thereof,- as for instance the curved edges 26 and 26' respectively. 'Said crotch members are associated so that the mid regions of said edges are in abut- -ment or nearly so, to virtually form a slit 21in the crotch 2l ,'-while the respective extremities of the crotch members including the extremities of Still another object of this invention is to pro--' such mentioned edges, overlap each other in pairs in such fashion that one; such extremity of one crotchmember shall overlapone such extremity "0f the other crotch member, while the secon doi' such extremities of the first crotch member shall be overlapped by the second of such extremities of the second crotch member.

In the embodiment shown, each of the crotch members include a pair of divergent end sections C falls on point C and point D falls on point D. So placed, the parts are stitched as at 28 and 29. This method of assembly by forming a single loop braid of the crotch members, efiects an interlocked association of said members.

With slit 21 positioned along from the front to the back of the garment, the crotch assembly of Fig. 3, is joined to the girdle structure by sewing it to the front and seat memb ers in the manner knownto th I t, t 'ipi he l 56 .1 1 39 .5 1.? 30; the width of each of the crotch members 22 and 22 being sufficient to form part of the pantie on and engaging the thighs of the wear l z. In Standing position when the garm t worn, slit 2! will be closed because the rnidx regions of the edges 26 andgfif yvill be substan; tially in abutment. When theti' earer sitsdowfn and spreads her feet apart a little, the slit yvill be, opened. As explained, .,.these slit conditions are respectively shown inFig s. l and} Zit is pre- 1 the reatly... ta n acc sior p acem t an remo l. $9. %i hQQd, whi h can Joe. asil at e ded tatth le thesa mentis. be-

ing worn, and such tendency to flare willJayQifd und ttin n o tkl-.-b ?d .9thew arer durin various bodily movements, t lmareby making for comfort and avoidance pf phafing. t ev d th t thi ar en e no b ..m when he wea er needdo anorma .func- .tion. Seated on urinal, ,thecrotch will assume :Q t n; l mmai i el esinli a .,.-and ,sanitary hood 133i a h d- .F jlargercrotfih op n ng he fin ers are medic. vfurther spread the 5 and am nema Qt h 9 9F enema a a n. t t ca y asl e e d wqitmne et .Itist baeptad tha is in open condition, 33 viib1e;tp the wearer and henceattachment and detachment thereoflis facilitated a reefi e e iaebli aiti's the essential fea lei -i ve n 3 t 3 as .a Qia and membersinteriorthegarn eht,

6 ar -.....When finishedth V a e itittatjif1 adeiirtmegf i tures herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodimentherein be deemed illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth; reference being had to the following claims rather than to the specific description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

Iclaim: 1. I n a garrnent of the,character described, a

w iiiai 't eize rd eiz rei. .5. as. tbh p to the hips and legs of a wearer, having a crotch which is resilient in a front and back direction v and comprised of a pair of adjacent sheet mem- *"bers bridging the lower mid portions of the front and bacig of the garment; a part of the first of I said grotch mernbers, being part of the garment screen for encircling the right leg of the weareg and. part of the second of said crotch members, being part of thegarment portion for encircling the left leg of the wearer; each of said ii a rm tch member's, pbd

being at the front of t fre ti'on'wi H h lqe viat t glons "'between the redi cen -edees. ,a dfsa (:11 he e. ein other and vi 'i' (i n at interior the g a crotch and a detachd liningjhe crotch comprised ears senate havin' able sanitary. hop

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